Crossfit of Fremont

March 18, 2012

OVERHEAD SQUAT HELP

I've been coaching CrossFit for almost 6 years now. In that 6 years, I've seen a lot of overhead squats. It is an advanced movement, but not because it is technical. It is an advanced movement because it is something most of us have never done prior to starting CrossFit. Though CrossFit considers it a "functional movement," I don't find myself in life doing squats while holding things over my head.

For most people, flexibilty and the ability to comfortably hold a bar over your head while in a squat is the hardest part of performing an overhead squat well. I got a chance to have Lance Von Stade work on my "issues." I think his help will also help a lot of you out. Take a look at the following three videos.

Fixing your "issues" is never fun, but if you want to overhead squat better, you have to put in the work however uncomfortable it will make you. Seriously, I do this work before I go overhead and I immediately notice a huge difference.

Alonso has been getting stronger, hitting a rep of 2 cleans at 60kg. I might add that Alonso recently got 2nd at his track and field meet where he was competing against guys who were over 6 feet with a big stride!